The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-12-21
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THINGS

Occupies five columns in the Ga2 tie.
The w BIB guards 81 re- mustered into
regular military ser> lee TUESDAY evening
Col Sullivan officiating.
Th" supply ofrorl wood at Fort E,n-
ton il better than it has been for wear.
AMI prices are more reasonable. coal
both hard and soft. is in .ou,l stprIv
and theIe need be no fear Ola SCARCITY of
full.
Charles E, Elliott died at Great Fails
last week. He was born in l~'rnnsvl
yanla and was three years conductor on
the Northern Pacific and subsequently
on the Manitoba line.
Great Falls urges the establi .hment of
a U. $. Signal Service station at Great
Falls.
Lewiston is soon to ~or1aniza VI ,sonir
lodge. Twenty gentlemen attended the
preliminary meeting.
Wolves and cayotes ar, Numerous and
troublesome on the sheep ranges. ,lnin.
EiNat uhuid-e " lE'tkS.
The territorial press is filled with rx.
p%resslons of sympathy for tlr lula,rn.
dent.
We have received Vol. |. ~. of til,
Enterprise, published at Sheridan. John.
son county, Wyo. 1t i Il bright, ri.au
and newsy paper.
Copper has raised very largely in
the price in the I,aSt month. and ili,
probabilities are in favor gifts going tilt
higher. The news from the Kecli ir,li-
cate that the mines is practically ont Of
the market for the next two or three
years.
At Deer Lodge, Judge Galbrath sus-
tanned the demurrer of the defendant
in the civil suit of the United States
against the Montana Improvement COM
panv, so far a, the suit is for the timber
cut on unsurreyed lands.
f. D. Comings, the Rocky Fork rom
tractor, reports that the grade is cntu-
pleted from the Northern Pacific Ia the
river and that that the hlIauc" orhi-
contract will b. completed bt the first ur
January.
Austin Curbiu, the New York banker
made numerous purchasers 1T different
points, Of game animals whirh lril been
cal tured alive by local hunter. aul Part.
ly tanned. lie ENGAGED Il. }. X, rt"y. of
Cinnabar, tn gather them up anil super.
intend the transportation of them to
New York City. That gentleman depart
ed from Livingston "Wednesday with a
part of his collection, among whl,h wer.
deer, antelope, elk. mountain sheep and
buffalo.
The fast trains have paid beyond ex.
pectation, and are always crowded
through Dakota and MINES TIA. The
express business, too, is expedited
b. the division ofhervy and bulky PACK
ages transported on the local train. Com
plete satisfaction at all principal points
on the line is giving By the rIiIrnid SER
vice on the Northern Pacific ag it now
stands.
1t has been lecid ii tina, tn" Rocky
LIB rAilrAa.l will n,D.aI- tha-.nain line of
west end Of the side track.
The Butte Miner ~ authority FIR say
ing than there are immense b'ds OF gyI-
sum on the Crow reservation, hundreds
of feet in thickness and extending from
the Pryor Mountains to the Yellowstone
range, comprising all the varieties of
alabaster, satin spar, selenlt9, etc.
Delegate Toole has secured two extra
clerks for the Helena postotiice.
Judge Galbraith dismissed til, Unit
ed States grand jury and drew a NV
one last week at Deer L 'dge.
There are at present l,062, al sheep in
the territory, which are valued at 81
14S 1851, the increase over last year being
S3,S43, worth SI95,S23.
J.. II. Ming. who has been sick FOR
some time, is slowly improving.
], II. Mclaughlin, who took ont the
first passenger train from Helena "'er
the Montana Central, railway, i ths'
champion collar aud elbow wrestler If
the world. He stands six feet in height,
weighs 80 pounds. and though 4 years
of aye he Dies not look to he OYER 10
Mr.. Mclaughlin has never taken i rtr.N
of tobacco nor tasted Il drop Of imtorirlt
ing liquors in his life.
That the Manitoba railway hu, M
finished the construction that il i'a7 il
view is evidenced by the new map whIri
it has issued, upon which are Irac sd
several proposed extensions no show
in the older prints.
Tn, grand jury at Deer Lodge has foun'
indictments against Thomas +, Oakcs, }
NJ. Buckley, 4. l.. Bonner, Il. Il. liam
n mond and 7. j. Hathaway for unlawful,
taking timber from the public lands q
the United States and shipping the sam
!. out of the territory. These indictment
j, ar. understood tn h. in junction wit
+ rr arrdin.S irn.lint IL .Il-t ilr Npfti
= ern Pa ill., and II ,ni,".l !rl,r.r.'in+t
Company, inv"irin. tn'~lf'~''"'n in"iI
a timber to the amount ca S22,t"not',